1954 Jaguar XK120 OTS \\M\\ \\SE\\
\\OTS\\ Open Two Seater
\\M\\ Modified
\\SE\\ Special Equipment
This outstanding classic underwent a comprehensive body off the chassis to bare metal, multi year, nut and bolt restoration. Every component on the car works just as it did when it departed the factory on February 22, 1954 and dispatched to Hoffman in New York, USA.
During restoration the body was refinished to its factory correct color of British Racing Green. The leather interior is of the finest Connolly Leather available, the carpet is 100% Wilton Wool, the interior kit was produced by Bill Bassett, considered one of the best and most respected in the vintage Jaguar community. The weather equipment includes a correct black Top & Side Curtains.
Special Equipment Cars were equipped with \\M\\ Modified engines and \\SE\\ Special Equipment.
The \\M\\ modified engines had 3/8\\ lift camshafts, uprated valve springs, performance carb needles, a racing clutch, stiffer 1\\ torsion bars, stiffer rear springs and a special crankshaft damper. This engine is similar to those developed and used by the Jaguar Works Department for the 24 Hour Le Mans races, however much more was put into their full race car engines as you would anticipate.
The \\SE\\ special equipment items included wire wheels, high output generator, dual exhaust, and windscreen washers.
Of the over 12,000 XK120\\s Jaguar\\s produced from 1948 to 1954 there were only 3787 SE modified cars of both right and left hand drive.
The Chassis, Body, Engine and Gearbox, have been verified, each match the Original Chassis Commission Plate attached to Scuttle (firewall) and what is recorded in build records of the Jaguar Heritage Trust Archives.
This is not a \\Trailer Queen\\, yes it is an outstanding car, a car with great gaps, fit and finish, but also it is an outstanding driving car, trailer queens are never driven. The engine compartment, boot and bottom have all been profes